Broadcast Newsline: May 18, 2016

Last week, the National Cotton Council joined with 69 other national, regional, and state farm and commodity organizations, in sending a letter to Secretary of Agriculture, Tom Vilsack, requesting that USDA extend the current June 1 status date that farms have to comply with the actively engaged regulation.

Today’s Cotton Newsline is 4 cuts. All cuts are Reece Langley, Vice President of Washington Operations for the National Cotton Council.

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Last week, the National Cotton Council joined with 69 other national, regional, and state farm and commodity organizations, in sending a letter to Secretary of Agriculture, Tom Vilsack, requesting that USDA extend the current June 1 status date that farms have to comply with the actively engaged regulation. Reece Langley, Vice President of Washington Operations for the National Cotton Council, join us with this and other updates from the week in Washington.

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Also, this week, the Senate agriculture appropriations process is moving forward. The full appropriations committee in the Senate is expected to approve this measure on Thursday.

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Also in the Senate this week, negotiations and discussions are continuing between leaders of the Senate Agriculture Committee to try to find a compromise solution on the issue of GMO labeling.

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And finally, on the regulatory front,

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